James Flynn

The Balalaika and Domra Association of America

Fifteen-year member Jim Flynn is a past author and an active member of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America. He is an Honorary Life member of the International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS). As an Associate Editor of that Society for many years he has edited and published several well accepted books in the “Useful Woods of the World” series. He is in the process of preparing a paper, long in the making, titled “Exploring the Science of the Sound of Wood.” Jim promises some provocative views on the role of wood in the quality of stringed instrument sound.

▪ bio current as of 2008

By the same author:
  1. Building the Prima Gusli
  2. GAL Instrument Plan #31: Prima Gusli
  3. A Survey of Seventeen Luthiers
  4. Letter to the Editor: Lutherie in Russia
  5. Review: Make and Play a Lute by Ronald Zachary Taylor
  6. GAL Instrument Plan #25: The “Moskvichka” Concert Balalaika; An Instrument Plan
  7. Back in the BDAA (Balalaika and Domra Association of America)
  8. An Interview with Yuri Aleksik
  9. Meet the Maker: M.A. Kupfer
  10. Building the Prima Balalaika
  11. Review: A Catalogue of Pre-Revival Appalachian Dulcimers by L. Allen Smith
  12. GAL Members at BDAA Meeting
  13. James Flynn Lectures to Balalaika Fans
  14. Balalaika Measurements